5 Things You Should Never Do In A CVT Vehicle

1) Never use a window on a CVT vehicle as a whiteboard.

If you want the marker to work you must perform a windows update

Best thing for a CVT? Change the fluid often and before manufacturers recommendations.👍🏻 Fluid cost less than iron, everytime.

I always thought once your doing 60, you put the gear in “R” for race .

Put my car into D for day works well But in N for night nothing happens???

I’m not a professional driver. I tried inching forward, but not on a closed course, and my car exploded.

I have one question: why did you think writing on a window was a good idea?

My last two vehicles were equipped with CVT. Kept the vehicle's time and distance maintenance schedule very strictly. Never had a problem with the CVTs. That's with a lot of high mileage vacation driving with short mileage commuter driving. So, I guess, keep to the maintenance schedule. I really enjoy the smooth transmission action.

the one huge advantage to a cvt is the possibility of the car to drive in full speed in reverse

#11: Don't put the pedal to the metal directly after starting the engine. The steel belt will slip, which it is not designed for.

I would love to see an updated video like this concerning some of the newer CVT's and specifically the Subaru CVT used in the WRX. Thoughts, review and your usual dispensing of knowledge bombs on us poor, non-engineer types. Thanks for all the great videos!

When you realise he didn't write backwards but just flipped the camera.

Nextime you want to try the clever door-window-whiteboard thing...Just wear a white shirt, and stand behind the illustration for the required contrast/visibility.

You said whiteboard markers dosen't work good on windows, will it work better on Mac?

The Lexus CT200h is a hybrid. It utilises the Hybrid Synergy Drive as it’s propulsion System. It allegedly has an e-CVT transmission - which is actually a planetary gear set and has almost nothing in common with the conventional CVT auto transmission. It’s ironic that you had to have a Lexus CT200h in your video, as virtually every point you made regarding CVTs DOES NOT apply to the CT200h - or indeed the Prius Hybrid which uses an identical propulsion system to the Lexus CT200h. Your points are valid regarding ordinary conventional CVT gearboxes - but not on hybrids using the Hybrid Synergy Drive. Unfortunately, many will get the wrong impression and think the Lexus CT200h e-CVT might be susceptible to accidental damage, when it is not.

I like to switch to reverse mid coast on the freeway to wake up my friends when they fall asleep. One of them actually had their neck fall off.

I would love a video comparing the longevity and reliability of a CVT versus a traditional automatic transmission. I routinely get over 200K on traditional automatic transmissions with nothing but fluid changes.

- title says 5 things - Jason tells us 10 things

I use the paddle shifters to downshift as my 2010 Outback descends hills and approaches stops, not going into 3rd until I get just below 40 mph, but going into 4th a/o 5th at any speed under 80. No problems so far, at 95K miles, but is there any harm in this much engine braking?

I just realised, this guy is writing words FLIPPED and BACKWARDS.